jade.wrapper
Class MainContainer

java.lang.Object
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public class MainContainer

extends AgentContainer

This class is a Proxy class, allowing access to a JADE main container. Invoking methods on instances of this class, it is possible to request services from in-process main containers. This class must not be instantiated by applications. Instead, use the createMainContainer() method in class Runtime.

Author:

Giovanni Rimassa - Universita` di Parma

See Also:

Runtime.createMainContainer(Profile p)

Constructor Summary

MainContainer(jade.core.AgentContainerImpl impl)
Public constructor.

Methods inherited from class jade.wrapper.AgentContainer

createAgent, createAgent, installMTP, kill, uninstallMTP

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MainContainer

public MainContainer(jade.core.AgentContainerImpl impl)

Public constructor. This constructor requires a concrete implementation of a JADE main container, which cannot be instantiated bt applications, so it cannot be meaningfully called from application code. The proper way to create an agent container from an application is to call the Runtime.createMainContainer() method.

Parameters:

impl - A concrete implementation of a JADE main container.

See Also:

Runtime.createMainContainer(Profile p)